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A relationship where both partners are dumb.

  • Straight: Bob is The Ditz. He gets together with Alice, who is also The Ditz.
  • Exaggerated: Bob and Alice are both Too Dumb to Live, yet they're Happily Married.
  • Downplayed: Alice isn't stupid, but gets the Idiot Ball so she can be with Bob.
  • Justified: Bob and Alice's lack of intelligence makes them a great couple.
  • Inverted:
  • Subverted:
  • Double Subverted:
  • Parodied: Bob and Charlie are Heterosexual Life-Partners because they're both dumb.
  • Zigzagged: Alice is smart, but Bob breaks up with her to date Carol, a Brainless Beauty, but then goes to Alice.
  • Averted: Nobody stupid gets paired.
  • Enforced: Alice was introduced as a Love Interest for Bob.
  • Lampshaded: Bob is happy to have found a girl just as dumb as he is.
  • Invoked: Carol plays The Match Maker for Bob and Alice, knowing their shared stupidity would make them a great couple.
  • Exploited: Charlie takes advantage of Bob and Alice's stupidity to break them up.
  • Defied: Bob rejects the idea of dating Alice because he wants his girlfriend to be smart.
  • Discussed: Carol and Charlie debate how dumb people would work as a couple.
  • Conversed: "Why are all stupid people together?"
  • Implied: Bob and Alice are both dumb, but it's unknown whether they are together or not.
  • Deconstructed: Bob and Alice break up because they're Too Much Alike.
  • Reconstructed: But then they get back together because they can make their relationship work.
  • Played For Laughs: Bob and Alice are hilarious to watch.

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